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The Poisoner's Handbook

Deborah Blum

  • Bindwijze: E-book
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Technologie & Bouwkunde
  • ISBN: 9781101524893
Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:E-book
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:25 januari 2011
Aantal pagina's:336
Ebook Formaat:Adobe ePub
Illustraties:Nee
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Hoofdauteur:Deborah Blum
Hoofdauteur:Deborah Blum
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Lees dit ebook op:Desktop (Mac en Windows) , Kobo e-reader , Android (smartphone en tablet) , iOS (smartphone en tablet) , Windows (smartphone en tablet)
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Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:140 mm
Product hoogte:13 mm
Product lengte:191 mm
Studieboek:Ja
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Product breedte:140 mm
Product hoogte:13 mm
Product lengte:191 mm
Studieboek:Ja

Samenvatting

***PBS's AMERICAN EXPERIENCE released a film based on The Poisoner's Handbook in January 2014***

Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie"
(The New York Observer)

A fascinating Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder, The Poisoner's Handbook is a page-turning account of a forgotten era. In early twentieth-century New York, poisons offered an easy path to the perfect crime. Science had no place in the Tammany Hall-controlled coroner's office, and corruption ran rampant. However, with the appointment of chief medical examiner Charles Norris in 1918, the poison game changed forever. Together with toxicologist Alexander Gettler, the duo set the justice system on fire with their trailblazing scientific detective work, triumphing over seemingly unbeatable odds to become the pioneers of forensic chemistry and the gatekeepers of justice.